Fascia gutter

Abstract

A fascia gutter assembly comprises a gutter of channelled form, with a bottom and upright front and rear flanges, supported by a series of brackets adapted to be secured to the roof structure of a building, the brackets also supporting a fascia panel below and substantially co-planar with the front flange of the gutter, the top of the fascia panel being clipped into engagement with the bottom of the gutter, the gutter front flange and fascia panel then having the appearance of a single fascia.

I claim: 
     
       1. A fascia gutter assembly comprising (a) a series of mounting brackets adapted to be secured to a roof assembly, each bracket including an upper arm which extends forwardly, and upwardly at the front thereof;   (b) a gutter having substantially vertical front and back flanges, and a bottom wall interconnecting said flanges, said back flange being mounted on and supported by said brackets, said front gutter flange being formed with a rearwardly extending top support flange which extends over the upper end of the upper arm of said bracket, said upper arm including a vertically extending portion which bears on the upper part of said front flange below said top support flange, said gutter being further formed with a longitudinal channel having top and bottom faces, said bottom face being below the top of the back flange of said gutter and having overflow ports formed therein, and   (c) a fascia panel mounted on and supported by said brackets below said gutter, the front wall of said fascia panel being coplanar with said front flange of said gutter.   
     
     
       2. The fascia gutter assembly of claim 1 further including means for releasably engaging the top part of said fascia panel with the bottom of said gutter. 
     
     
       3. The fascia gutter assembly of claim 1 wherein said means for releasably engaging said fascia panel and said gutter comprises a downwardly extending bottom front bead formed at the bottom of said front flange of said gutter, and a locking strip formed at the top of said fascia panel, said locking strip resiliently engaging behind said bead to exclude moisture from the joint. 
     
     
       4. The fascia gutter assembly of claim 3 wherein said bead is vertically spaced from the top of the front wall of said fascia panel thereby to form a groove parallel to said longitudinal channel formed in said gutter. 
     
     
       5. The fascia gutter assembly of claims 1 or 4 wherein said fascia panel is formed with a longitudinal groove in the front wall thereof, said groove being parallel to said longitudinal channel formed in said gutter. 
     
     
       6. The fascia gutter assembly of claim 1 wherein each of said mounting brackets further includes an intermediate arm extending horizontally, and a lower vertical arm against the front surface of which the front wall of said fascia panel engages, said lower vertical arm being formed with a rearwardly directed flange at the lower end thereof around which a bottom flange of said fascia panel extends. 
     
     
       7. The fascia gutter assembly of claim 6 wherein said bottom flange of said fascia panel is formed with drainage holes. 
     
     
       8. The fascia gutter assembly of claim 6 wherein said bottom flange of said fascia panel is turned upwardly and then forwardly to form a soffit support for supporting the front edge portion of a soffit.